Chapter 13

Lambert, Daniel, the fat man,181

Letters, postage of,115

Louis XVIII., at Royston,181

McAdam and the North Road,154

Mail coach driver killed,186

Market ordinary, the,109

Melbourn, the Queen and Prince Albert at,188

Meldreth and its Stocks,86

Memorable year of scarcity,57

Mordens, the,24

Napoleon Buonaparte,5

—Shadow of,56

—Threatened invasion by,61

Nash, William,7,27

Newspapers, how obtained,77

Noon's Folly, and its prize-fights,136,139

Nuthamstead "Sparrow hill,"47

Odsey Races, the,22

Old Matt, the huntsman,131

Old music and musicians,128,129

Old Poor-law, the,32

Open corn markets,110

Packhorses,6,7

Parish Clerks,122

—Constable, and his accounts,46

—Herdsman, the,105

—Leaving without certificate,43

—Workhouse, how managed,39

Parliamentary Reform,29,156

—Rejoicings at Royston,157

Parochial Assessment,34

—Parliament, the,32

Pattens and Clogs,113

Paupers,40,41,42,44,46

Peachey, the Hon. Mrs.,68

Pedestrian feat by a woman,182

Phillips, John,181

Pickering, Miss,27

Pillion, the use of,7

Police, the new,174,175,176

Poor-law Reform,159

—Making up wages,161

—Memorable scene on Royston Heath,172,173

—Objection to Central Workhouse,170

Poor-law Pauper tyranny,166

—Riots and stack firing,167,168

Poor-rate of 22s. in the L at Royston,61

Posting and Posthorses,146

Press Gang, and terrors of,86,88

Prize-fighting,135,136

—Melbourn Champion,137,138

—Brighton Bill,138

—Ward and Crawley fighting for the Championship on Royston Heath,137

Public Worship,122

Puckeridge Statute Fair,98

Queen Victoria's Coronation, rejoicings at Royston,186

—Jubilee,70

—and Prince Albert at Royston,187,188

Radical Royston,126

Railway, first use of,176,177

Revolution, the French,2,3,4

Richardson, James,151

Royal Show, Cambridge, 1840,186

Royston, Badger-baiting at,23

—Book Club and Debates at,26,31,79

—Burloes Hill cut through,183,184

—Cave opened,36,37

—Coaching at,143-145,148

—Early Temperance work,127

—18th Century bye-laws in,25

—Fair tippling at,100

—King James' stables at,22

—Market,67,108

—Old Royston Club and its members at,19,20

—Pillory at,83

—Races,133

—Red Lion, social gatherings,21

—Stocks at,83

—Volunteers of,70

—Whipping post at,83

Rushden, A. Meetkerke of,122

Salisbury, Marchioness, burnt to death,184

Semaphore on Royston Heath,66

Sheep stealing, death sentences for,89

Shelford fires, death sentence for,168

Shepreth, skilful woman of,101

Shield, Capt., the Rev. Thomas,68,71

Small-pox, a recommendation,44

Snelgar, Rev. J.,186

Snowstorms, memorable,181,182,185

Soame, Sir Peter,131,132,136

Stocks, a Lord Chief Justice in,85

"Tally-ho" and "Safety" Coaches,146,148

Taxes on marriages, &c.,78

Therfield, searching for mail,49

Threshing machines, breaking of,166

Thurnall, Henry, and the highwayman,90

—Commended by Poor-law Commissioners,171

Thurnall, H. J., picture by,18

Thurtle and Hunt, trial of,49

Tinder Box, the,73,74

Tithes collected in kind,124

Turpin, Dick, traditions of,13,14

Velocipede, the,152

Volunteers, associations of,67

Wadesmill Turnpike,155

Wagon and sign post, the,184,185

Walton, Joe, coachdriver,148,149

Warren, J.,68,157

Window tax,79

Witches,101

Wheat, 28s. a bushel,60

"Wheatbarn tasker," the,166

Woodcock, Elizabeth, buried alive in the snow,181

Wortham, Lady,77

Wortham, Squire,131

Wrestling matches,24


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